Churn.



No. 637,944. Patented Nov. 28, I899.-

J. H. GUIGLEY.

CHUBN.

{Application filed Dec. 15, 1896. Renewed Fab. 4, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. QUIGLEY, OF NOBOB, KENTUCKY.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,944, dated November28, 1899.

Application filed December 15, 1896. Renewed February 4, 1899. SerialNo. 704,545. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H.QUIGLEY,of Nobob, county of Barren, State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inChurn-Operating Mechanism, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawmgs.

The object of my invention is to produce improvements in mechanism foroperating churns that comprehend mechanism for regulating the movementof the dasher-rod and for taking up wear which may occur between it andits bearings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a front View of my churn. Fig.II is a side elevation of the same. Fig. III is a top plan view of thesame. Fig. IV is a view of the lower dasher-bearing cross-piecedetached.

Referring to the figures on the drawings, 1 indicates the front uprightsof my frame, which are vertical, and 2 the rear uprights, which areslightly inclined toward the uprights 1 at their upper ends. The severaluprights are united by suitable cross-pieces, so located and united tothe uprights as to incorporate them into a strong rigid frame.

4 indicates a pair of cross-pieces, which are secured to the frontuprights 1 and are provided with boxes 5, within which Works the shaft 6of a gear-wheel 7. The shaft 6 is provided with a crank 8 for operatingit, and the gear-wheel 7 meshes with a pinion 9, suitably mounted on ashaft 10, carried in boxes 11 upon cross-pieces 12. Upon its outer endthe shaft 10 is preferably provided with a flywheel 13, and between thecross-pieces 12 it is bent to form a crank 14.

While I have described a preferred assemblage of gears constituting thedriving mechanism, such mechanism may consist, essentially, of means foroperating the crank of the shaft 10, to which at one end is secured apitman 16, that is pivoted at its other end, as indicated at 17, to adasher-rod 18. The dasher-rod is designed to be reciprocated by means ofthe motion of the pitman 16, im-

the front and rear uprights on opposite sides of the frame,respectively. The ways 19 and 20 are defined in each of thebearing-pieces,re spectively,by a sliding block 25,haviugone end beveledas indicated at 26,that constitutes one side of the way within which thedasher-rod reciprocates. Each of the blocks is provided with anelongated slot 27, which receives a bolt 28, that being screw-threaded,preferably at both ends, passes also through the bearing pieces and isprovided at each end with a wing-nut 28, by means of which the blockwhen adjusted properly against the dasherrod may be secured.

By means of the blocks the d'asher-rod may be closely confined withinits way and all wear may be compensated for. Moreover, the direction ofthe movement of the dasher-rod may be regulated thereby. For the latterpurpose I may sometimes employ an adjust able block upon the end ofeachof the bearing-pieces, the duplication of the same, with its adjustmentmechanism, being indicated in the drawings in dotted lines.

Upon the end of the dasher-rod I prefer to provide a cleft 29, withinwhich fits the tenon 30 of the dasher proper, the parts being separatelyunited, as by a pin 31.

What I claim is 1. In a churn-operating mechanism, the combination witha frame and driving mechanism, of a pitman operatively connected withthe driving mechanism, a dasher-rod pivotally connected at its upper endto the pitman, transverse bearing-pieces upon the frame against whichone face of the dasherrod Works, adjustable blocks supported upon thesaid bearing-pieces, and movable toward and from the dasher-rod, thesaid bearingpieces and adjustable blocks engaging with the dasher-rod onthree sides or faces, and constituting ways in which it moves, and

vided with beveled ends and adapted to com- 16 plete the ways upon thebearing-pieces of the dasher-rod, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name.

JOHN H. QUIGLEY. \Vitness'es:

BOB CHINOWTH, O. W. BIGGERS.

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